Michael Stern, special to wtop.com
WASHINGTON — The Lannisters and Starks made a triumphant return to TV and to the Twitterverse Sunday night.
The fourth season of the HBO hit “Game of Thrones” aired at 9 p.m. Sunday, but the tweets started up well before the show.
Welcome back, @GameofThrones. May the best House win. #FU pic.twitter.com/khW0Hg3MXK
— House of Cards (@HouseofCards) April 7, 2014
Fans waited all year for the return of the top rated drama and HBO got fans excited from the start.
6 minutes until QUIET IN THE REALM. Remember to silence your "hodoring" when #GameofThronesSeason4 #TwoSwords begins http://t.co/vLMhlavSr5
— Game Of Thrones (@GameOfThrones) April 7, 2014
In all, 6.6 million viewers tuned into “Game of Thrones” Sunday night on HBO, the most viewers the network has had since the Sopranos finale in 2007.
This image released by HBO shows Natalie Dormer, left, and Diana Rigg in a scene from ”Game of Thrones.” The fourth season premiered Sunday. (AP Photo/HBO, Macall B. Polay)
While the excitement was high during the show, the tweets really picked up after the episode was over when HBO Go wouldn’t load for many eager viewers.
HBO GO is playing with my emotions right now please just load Game of Thrones 🙏
— mackenzie cutruzzula (@mackcut) April 7, 2014
So, like, at least 90 percent of the people trying to watch HBO GO instead of watching GOT on TV are using somebody else's login, right?
— Linda Holmes (@nprmonkeysee) April 7, 2014
Looks like there's trouble in the realm. Apologies for the inconvenience. We'll be providing updates, so please stay tuned. #GameofThrones
— HBO GO (@HBOGO) April 7, 2014
HBO got the problem resolved by 1 a.m. There were likely many sleep deprived “Game of Thrones” viewers at work Monday.
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